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la  dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 


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TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
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right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
dernidre  image  de  chaque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  —^-  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 

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film6s  6  des  taux  de  reduction  diff6rents. 
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reproduit  en  un  seul  cliche,  il  est  filmd  6  partir 
de  Tangle  supdrieur  gauche,  de  gajche  d  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  n^cessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mdthode. 


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ORITANI 


SNOW   SHOE    CLUB 


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LEON  BOSSUE  DIT  LYOXNAIS, 

LA  FEUILLB  D'EBABLE, 

357  E.  78th  Street,  New  York. 


THE  OEITANI  SNOW  SHOE  CLUB. 

(From  The  Canadian-American  Dec,  1886.) 

Your  representative  called  on  the  president  of  the 
Oritani  Snowshoe  Club,  Mr.  Fairchild,  who  was 
instrumental  in  introducing  snow  shoes  in  this  city. 
In  the  course  of  his  remarks  he  siiid :  "  I  was  i)leased 
to  see  so  many  members  of  the  club  present  at  the 
annual  meeting,  as  it  assures  me  that  the  interest 
in  this  pastime  has  not  died  out  among  us,  and  I 
should  have  been  surprised  if  it  were  otherwise,  for 
of  all  forms  of  exercise  and  recreation  snowshoeing 
is  pre-eminently  one  of  the  most  delightful  and 
exhilarating.  It  is  true  our  opportunities  are  some- 
what limited  here  for  a  considerable  indulgence  in 
it,  but  this  lends  an  additional  zest  when  the 
occasion  does  offer.  What  fragrant  recollections  it 
recalls  to  many  of  us  of  our  old  Canadian  snow- 


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shoeing  days.  I  never  put  mine  on  that  I  am  not 
wafted  away  on  the  gentle  wings  of  memory  to 
tramps  amidst  the  spruces  of  the  Laurentides. 
Fierce  storms  might  rage,  and  cokl  winds  blow, 
but  in  our  ardor  of  the  chase  we  little  heeded  such 
trifles.  When  at  night  snugly  enscon(red  in  our 
little  camp  beside  some  brawling  stream,  that  not 
even  the  arctic  frosts  of  the  Canadian  winter 
had  closed,  our  snowshoes  suspended  on  yon  sapling 
within  easy  reach,  pipes  glowing — what  a  delicious 
sense  of  comfort  and  happiness  came  over  us,  and 
how  we  blessed  the  inventor  of  the  snow  shoe,  that 
made  all  this  possible.  Again  we  are  one  of  a 
merry,  laughing  patty  of  ladies  and  gentlemen  gaily 
tramping  out  to  our  Cap  Rouge  rendezvous  from  the 
^ates  of  old  Quebec.  We  have  all  paired  off  by 
some  order  of  natural  selection.  Little  opi^ortunity, 
however,  is  given  for  the  exchange  of  aught  save 
an  occasional  pressure  of  the  hand,  for  song,  storj'^, 
and  jest  enliven  the  road,  and  awake  many  an  echo 
in  the  quiet  night.  In  the  parlor  of  our  host 
dancing  and  games  are  kept  up  until  our  ever 
watchful  president,  heedful  of  the  advancing  hours, 
admonishes  us  that  we  must  again  be  homeward 
bound. 

"  Being  of  a  somewhat  adventurous  and  inquiring^ 
turn  of  mind,  I  have  had  many  opportunities  given 
me  for  exploration  and  research  into  many  un- 
explored fastnesses  in  the  wilds  of  Jersey.  While 
I  have  received  no  commission  from  any  news- 
paper to  record  the  result  of  my  trips,  they  have 


been  none  the  less  strange  and  varied.  I  liave 
seen  and  found  many  singular  things  on  these 
expeditions  denied  to  a  common  pedestrian.  My 
time  and  y(mr  patience  does  not  permit  of  an  account 
of  what  they  have  been,  but  I  hope  to  introduce  the 
club  to  some  of  them  the  coming  winter. 

"  We  now  have  a  membership  of  ">().  Our  worthy 
honorary  i)resident,  Mr.  Wiman,  takes  a  great 
interest  in  our  success  and  welfare,  and  I  trust  to 
have  the  pleasure  of  conducting  the  club  to  Staten 
Island  some  winter's  evening.  We  organized  in 
1881  with  a  very  small  membership,  which,  how- 
ever, has  slowly  grown  to  its  i)reseut  numbers, 
which  we  do  not  care  to  exceed." 


OK    SNOWSHOES    IN    JEESEY. 

(From  the  New  York  Worltl,  Jan.,  1886.) 

BLANKET    COATS    AND    LANTERNfc!    IN  A  STL  ;NG — 

OVER  THE  WHITE  FIELDS  FROM  HACKENSACK 

— A  TEMPORARY  CAMP  IN  THE  WOODS— 

THE    ORITANI'S    NEXT   JOURNEY  TO 

BE    MADE    TO    STATEN   ISLAND. 

The  rendezvous  of  the  Oritani  Snowshoe  Club,  of 
New  York,  is  at  Hackensack,  N.  J.,  where  the 
President  and  Secretary  of  the  chib,  two  enthusias- 
tic devotees  of  this  Canadian  pastime,  reside.  The 
first  meet  of  this  winter  took  place  there  last  night. 
As  the  New  York  members  filed  into  the  waiting- 
room  of  the  Erie  Railroad  ferry,  on  their  way  out, 
they  attracted  the  attention  of  every  other  passenger 
present.    Dressed  in  all  the  extravagance  of  the 


suowshoer's  costume — bright  blanket  coat,  with 
capuchin  attached,  red  toque  for  head  gear,  long 
gray  stockings,  bright  yellow  mocassins,  and  slung 
over  their  back  the  singular  looking  snowshoes  on 
which  their  more  northern  brethren  are  wont  to 
skim  over  the  deep  snows,  they  certainly  presented 
an  unusual  appearance. 

While  waiting  for  the  boat  to  come  in  some  face- 
tious person  in  the  crowd  suggested  tliat  instead  of 
tarrying  if  they  were  in  a  hurry  to  get  across  the 
river  they  might  put  on  their  snowshoes  and  walk 
ovei. 

At  7  o'clock  sharp  Mr.  G.  M.  Fairchild,  jr.,  the 
President  of  the  club,  callod  the  members  to  order, 
an''  with  lip'laed  lanterns  and  snowshoes  well 
istrappec^  on  the  club  trooped  oft'  gayly  for  their 
long  trnmp.  Hackensack  was  astir.  Such  an  in- 
vasion of  the  quiet  town  was  never  known.  Such 
strangely  accoutred  figures  were  never  before  seen. 
Out  into  the  country,  over  lields  and  fences,  through 
lanes  and  swamps  wended  the  club  until  finally  in 
the  depths  of  the  woods  a  halt  was  called  at  an  old 
Indian  camp,  far  from  the  habitations  of  man. 

Disencumbering  themselves  of  snowshoes  and 
coats  all  set  vigourously  to  work  gathering  fire- 
wood. Soon  a  roiiring  fire  lighted  up  tlie  place 
and  with  jest  and  song  an  hour  wa^  quickly  whiled 
away. 

The  amateur  from  New  York  \ras  in  constant 
difficulties.  His  snowshoes  were  too  large  for  his 
feet,  or  his  legs  too  short  for  his  snowshoes.    The 


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woods  resounded  with  his  frequent  calls  for  help  to 
extricate  him  from  the  entangling  alliance  in  which 
he  was  enmeshed.  The  Oritanis  presented  a 
picturesque  spectacle  as  they  gathered  around  their 
fallen  brother  to  catch  his  Scriptural  quotations  as 
he  vainly  struggled  to  extricate  himself. 


The  Oritanis  would  request  that  all  applicants 
for  membership  not  familiar  with  the  peculiarities  of 
snowshoes  would  do  their  preliminary  practising  in 
their  backyard.  Many  were  the  adventures  and 
casualties,  but  all  arrived  safely  at  the  residence  of 


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Mr.  EUery  tired,  enthusiastic  and  hungry;  but 
under  the  latter  gentleman's  ministering  care  to 
their  wants,  it  was  unanimously  decided  that  snow- 
shoeing  was  the  most  enjoyable  of  winter  pastime. 
The  next  meet  of  the  club  will  be  at  Staten 
Island,  where  they  will  be  entertained  by  Mr. 
Erastus  Wiman. 


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SNOWSHOEING. 

(From  the  New  York  Evming  Post,  Dec,  1886.) 

AN  EFFORT   TO  POPULARIZE    THE   SPORT  IN  NEW 

YORK — THE  ORITANI  CLUB — VISITORS 

FROM   CANADA. 

An  entertainment  of  a  novel  nature  will  be  seen 
by  New  Yorkers  in  the  early  part  of  January  next 
in  the  form  of  a  visit  to  this  city  of  a  large  number 
of  the  members  of  the  various  Canadian  snowshoe 
clubs.  The  Oritani  Snowshoe  Club  of  New  York^ 
of  which  Mr.  Erastus  Wiman  is  honorary  President 
and  Mr.  G.  M.  Fairchild,  jr.,  President,  both  men 
ardent  Canadians,  have  invited  the  various  snow- 
shoe  clubs  of  Montreal  and  Quebec  to  participate 
in  a  snowshoe  carnival  in  this  city.  Cordial 
responses  have  been  received  from  the  various^ 
clubs,  and  it  is  expected  that  about  600  snowshoers^ 
will  attend. 

Among  the  more  important  clubs  will  be  L& 
Canadien  Club  of  Montreal,  which  will  come  oik 
about  250  strong,  bringing  their  choral  society,, 
glee  club,  and  a  baud  of  forty  pieces.  It  is  the 
intention  of  the  Oritani  Club  to  give  their  visitors  a 
grand  reception  at  Steinway  Hall  on  the  evening  of 
January  5,  and  about  2,500  invitations  will  be 
issued.  The  clubs  will  sing  their  own  snowshoe  and 
Canadian  songs,  and  will  give  an  exhibition  drill  on 


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suowslioes  with  various  o*ther  evolutions.  Beugough, 
the  editor  of  Grip,  and  great  free-hand  sketcher  and 
caricaturist,  will  be  present  and  add  to  the  enter- 
tainment. After  the  reception  a  supjjer  will  be 
given  to  the  visitors  at  the  Metropolitan  Hotel.  On 
the  morning  of  the  5th  they  will  be  shown  through 
the  city,  and  application  has  been  made  to  the  Park 
and  Police  Commissioners  to  allow  them  to  give  a 
parade  up  Fifth  Avenue  and  through  the  Central 
Park.  There  will  be  reprentatives  from  at  least  ten 
different  Canadian  clubs,  and  as  each  has  a  different 
uniform,  the  bright  colors  will  make  a  very  interest- 
ing display.  Quebec  will  send  150  men  to  join  in 
the  carnival. 

The  Oritani  Snowshoe  Club  is  the  only  (;lub 
of  its  kind  in  this  city,  and  consists  of  about 
fifty  members.  Among  them  are  Erastus  Wiman, 
Geo.  M.  Fairchild,  jr.,  J.  E.  Learned,  Wakeman 
Holberton,  Dr.  Frank  Ferguson,  William  B.  Ellison, 
Dr.  Cummings,  William  P.  EUery,  A.  H.  Schoff,  J. 
liechenberg,  W.  A.  Linn,  F.  Holmquist,  Phil. 
Farley,  J.  E.  Stephens,  B.  J.  Smith,  R.  B.  Lawrence, 
J.  McAdams,  J.  U.  Gregory,  William  J.  Cassard, 
William  A.  Shortt,  Wm.  W^ebb,  Wm.  E.  Burt, 
James  Eraser,  and  E.  E.  Williams.  The  members 
are  all  enthusiastic  in  their  sport,  and  take  ad- 
vantage of  any  snow-fall  to  have  a  tramp.  The 
headquarters  of  the  club  are  at  the  Canadian  Club, 
No.  12  East  Twenty-ninth  St.  During  the  winter 
the  club  will  hold  several  meets,  in  each  case  at  a 
different  place.    The  club  will  go  to  Staten  Island 


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enstlTl  "f  *'^^'■'''*"«  W^a",  and  to  Hack- 
ensiwk  N.  J.,  for  a  tramp,  where  they  will  be  enter 
tamed  by  their  President,  Mr.  Fairehild. 
h-  , ''  •"'"■'"•mof  the  Oritani  Club  consists  of  a  blue- 
bordered  gray  blanket  coat    and  knickerbokers 

The'coTo'f  the  ":«;  ""',  ""«"*  y*""-  ™—  • 
#^    ,oM?  r*^*'  """"*"^  ^owshoes,  is  abont 

members  of  the", T  ""  '•'"*"^'"«  «P«^'-  ^e 
members  ot  the  club  are  anxious  to  popularise 
snowshoeing  in  New  York.  l'"I)"iaiize 


WELCOME    THE    SNOWSHOERS. 

(From  the  New  York  World,  Jan.  7,  1886.) 

NEW  YORKERS  DAZZLED  BY  THE  GAUDY  RAIMENT 

OF  THE  CANADIANS. 

Soon  after  sunrise  yesterday  President  Geo.  M. 
Fairchild,  jr.,  of  the  Oritani  Snowshoe  Club,  and  Mr. 
Arnold  J.  Gates,  of  the  Canadian  Club,  hurried 
into  the  Grand  Central  Depot  and  began  the  pleasing^ 
duty  of  waiting  for  the  Montreal  express  train.  A 
hundred  or  more  French  Canadian  gentlemen  who 
live  in  this  town  happened  along  and  began  to  help 
them  wait.  What  they  were  all  watching  for  was 
the  appearance  of  three  hundred  and  fifty  Canadian 
snowshoers  who  were  pottering  along  somewhere 
on  the  Vermont  Central  Railroad.  They  should 
have  arrived  at  7  o'clock,  but  they  tarried  at  Troy 
and  indulged  in  the  mysterious  ceremony  of  '^  blow- 
ing off "  a  score  of  brother  snowshoers;  so  it  was 
after  9  o'clock  when  their  train  pulled  into  the 
Grand  Central.  By  that  time  there  were  some  three 
hundred  men  waiting  to  welcome  the  sons  of  the 
North.  As  the  long  string  of  cars  came  rolling  in,, 
burly  men  wrapped  in  blanket  suits  began  popping 
out  on  the  platform '' like  gigantic  peas  from  a 
gigantic  pod. 

There  was  much  handshaking  and  a  few  bearlike 
hugs  here  and  there  by  French  Canadians,   who 


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hailed  friends  they  had  not  seen  for  years.  Presi- 
dent Fairchild  walked  out  on  Forty-second  street 
and  assembled  with  himself  in  front  of  the  station. 
He  looked  about  seven  feet  high  in  his  shaggy 
blanket  suit  of  blue  with  slashes  of  gray  and  red 


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here  and  there  to  set  it  off.  Right  behind  him 
came  L.  N.  Moreau,  the  giant  standard-bearer  of 
the  Club  Raquette  le  Canadien,  which,  by  the  way, 
in  plain  English,  is  the  Canadian  Snowshoe  Club. 
The  banner  is  a  broad  tricolor  with  the  club's 
monogram  in  the  white  centre  bar.  Around  it  in 
gold  letters  is  the  club  motto  "  Soyons  distinguSs  et 
soyons  unis,^^  which  everybody  knows  is  only  an- 
other way  of  saying  "  Let's  be  distinguished  and 


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united."  One  hundred  and  seventy-five  men  fell  in 
behind  standard-bearer  Moreau,  but  between  them 
«.nd  him  was  a  wall  of  solid  harmony  in  red  and 
brass.  It  is  commonly  known  as  the  City  Band  of 
Montreal,  and  any  one  who  hears  them  quickly 
pronounces  them  the  best  set  of  musicians  north  of 
the  United  States.  They  belong  in  the  C.  B.  L.  C, 
and  cover  it  with  melodious  glory. 

The  readers  of  The  World  have  been  learning 
from  day  to  day  that  a  few  huudred  Canadians  were 
coming  here  to  be  entertained,  but  nobody  knew 
just  w  ho  they  were.    Here  is  the  list  of  the  clubs : 

Montreal. — Montreal,  St.  George,  Emerald,  liO  Trappeur, 
Argyle,  Crescent,  Gordon,  St.  Charles,  (Harrison  Artillery, 
Prince  of  Wales,  Royal  Scots,  Hawlhorae,  Koyal,  Holly, 
Lachine,  Lilac,  Etoile,  Le  Cliasseur,  Le  Canadien  of  St.  Henri, 
and  Landsdowne  Toboggan  clubs. 

QUEnEC. — Quebec,  Aurora,  WaA'erley,  Emerald,  Le  Cana- 
dien, Levis,  Voltigeurs,  Union  Commerciale,  Montagnais, 
Huron,  Jacques  Cartier,  Frontenac. 

And  the  clubs  "  Le  Canadien,"  of  Sorel ;  "Iroquois,"  of 
Troy,  N.  Y.;  "  Le  Trappeur"  and  '"  Lo  Canadien,"  of  St. 
Hyacinthe;  '*Le  Canadien"  and  "Frontenac,"  of  Ottawa ; 
^*St.  Jean  Baptiste"  and  "St.  Maurice,"  of  Trois  Riviferes; 
also  of  Valley  tteld,  Beauharnois,  L'Assomption  and  Sherbrooke. 

The  mass  of  color  displayed  in  the  ranks  of  the 
snow-shoe  men  as  they  drew  up  in  double  file 
behind  the  band  would  have  joyed  the  heart  of  an 
impressionist  painter.  The  men  of  Le  Canadien 
Club  wore  suits  of  white  wool,  fashioned  as  you 
see  them  in  the  pi(}tures  in  this  column.  The  cufts 
were  striped  with  broad  bands  of  red  and  blue,  and 
the  long,   conical  caps  w^ere  of  white,  tipped  and 


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tasselled  with  red.  Their  stockings  Avere  bhie.  The- 

Emerald  men  wore  drab  prettily  edged  and  slashed. 

with  green,  and  the  Montagnais  men  fairly  blazed 

in  blue  and  scarlet.    Two  young  men  in  black  suits 

smote  everybody's  eyes  with  the  glaring  yellow 

linings  of  the  cowls  that  flapped  on  their  shoulders. 
White  prevailed  everywhere  among  the  uniforms, 

and  next  to  it  in  popularity  came  red,  blue  and 

gray  in  the  order  named.    Drum-Mtror  La  Chapelle 

waved  his  silver-headed  baton  of  ebony,  and  away 

went  the  athletes  to  Fifth  avenue,  down  which  they 

marched  to  Madison  Square,  then  into  Broadw  ay 

and  to  the  Metropolitan  Hotel. 

In  the  front  ranks  of  Le  Canadien  Club  were 
Alex.  Eaby,  the  champion  long-distance  snow- 
shoer,  with  thirty-two  gold  and  silver  medals  on 
his  broad  chest,  and  Olivier  St.  Denis,  the  champion 
snowshoe  sprinter,  who  had  only  twenty-seven 
medals  on. 

When  all  these  athktes  marched  into  the  Metro- 
politan Hotel  they  found  a  breakfast  waiting  for 
them  that  soon  knocked  the  edge  oft'  the  appetites 
they  had  picked  up  during  their  long  travel.  After 
finishing  that  they  formed  in  double  file  on  Broad- 
way and  marched  down  to  Chambers  street.  There 
they  swung  around  into  Centre  street  and  so  into 
the  park,  where  they  halted  in  front  of  the  City 
Hall.  Mayor  Hewitt  was  laid  up  in  bed  with 
rheumatism,  so  he  was  not  on  hand  to  welcome 
the  visitors,  but  President  Beekman  of  the  Board 
of  Aldermen  met  them  on  the  plaza  with  the  city's 


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banner  at  his  right  hand.    ?fr.   Erastus   Winiaii 
dimbed  beside  liim  and  said : 

"  Gentlemen,  I  take  great  pleasure  in  introducing 
the  Mayor  of  New  York.  Three  cheers  for  him." 
The  Canachans  swelled  out  their  blanketted  breasts, 
swung  their  caps  and  shouted  three  hurrahs  and  a 
tiger-r-r !  Then  Mr.  Beekman  welcomed  the  burly 
men  to  our  i)leasant  little  town,  and  apologized  for 
the  small  amount  of  snow  we  had  to  otter.  Then 
Acting  Mayor  Prefontaine,  of  Montreal,  thanked 
Mr.  Beekman  for  the  warm  reception  the  clubs 
had  met  everywhere. 

"In  the  name  of  the  Board  of  Aldel-men  of 
Montreal,"  he  added,  <'  I  would  be  glad  to  receive 
any  representatives  of  this  city  who  shall  come  to 
our  city,  and  make  their  visit  a  pleasant  one." 

They  had  their  pictures  taken  and  then  the  line 
formed  again  and,  with  the  band  doing  its  prettiest 
in  the  van,  bore  down  the  slushy  channel  of  Broad- 
way for  the  Stock  Exchange.  There  the  big  fellows 
climbed  up  into  the  gallery  and  looked  down  upon 
the  bulls  and  bears  in  all  their  glory.  A  yell  that 
could  be  heard  for  miles  greeted  them  when  the 
blue  and  red  and  white  tuques  showed  over  the  rail. 
The  ,brokers  sent  up  a  committee,  who  escorted 
these  gentlemen  to  the  floor  of  the  Exchange. 

The  clubs  had  a  jollier  time  at  the  Produce 
Exchange.  Mr.  Wiman  made  a  speech  that  was 
almost  inaudible  owing  to  the  tumult  of  bidding 
and  offering  at  the  pit.  Eight  muscular  snowshoers 
grabbed  Mr.  Wiman  when  he  stopped  speaking  and 


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"bounced"  him.  This  playlul  way  the  suowwhrn^rs 
have  of  signifying  their  appreciation  of  a  wortliy 
man  consistH  in  tossing  him  bodily  Ave  or  six  times 
from  their  extended  arms  and  hands  above  their 
heads.  One  of  the  brokers,  who  made  a  great  deal 
of  noise,  was  seized  and  "  bounced  "  vigorously,  to 
the  great  merriment  of  his  friends.  Alderman  Pre- 
fontaine,  Mr.  Fairchild  and  Mr.  pjllery  came  in  for  a 
"  bounce  "  before  the  snowshoers  left  the  Exchange. 

Then  the  merry  men  marched  down  to  the  Cotton 
Exchange,  wliere  the  brokers  yelled  and  shouted 
more  cheers  than  would  blow  an  ice-yacht  a  mile. 

]^ow,  any  ordinary  body  of  men  w^ould  be  tired 
after  all  this  fun  an<l  sight-seeing.  But  Canadian 
snowshoers  are  made  of  sterner  stuff.  They  climbed 
up  into  the  Hanover  Square  station  of  the  L  road 
and  tilled  a  Third  avenue  train.  Pretty  girls  ran 
to  the  windows  as  the  carloads  of  meteoric  costumes, 
with  brawny  youths  inside  of  them,  tiashed  by.  At 
Seventy-sixth  street  the  boys  climbed  downstairs 
and  nuirched  over  to  the  French-Canadian  church, 
near  Lexington  avenue.  There  they  found  a  house- 
full  of  fellow-countrymen  waiting  for  them  in  the 
lecture-room.  The  Kev.  Father  Frederic  F.  Tetreau 
made  a  rousing  speech  of  welcome  and  at  its  close 
pointed  with  pride  to  eighteen  little  fellows  in  bright 
costume  who  trotted  to  the  front  of  the  stage  and 
sang  a  song  of  welcome  in  French.  They  wore 
badges  inscribed  '<  Bienvenue "  across  their  little 
breasts  and  welcome  shone  in  every  feature  of  their 
young  faces.     Here    everybody    made   a  speech, 


If  ill  '■ 


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either  of  welcome  or  of  thanks  and  next  to  Father 
Tetreau's  that  of  President  Fairchild,  of  the 
Oritania,  was  best  liked. 

After  moistening  their  songful  throats  with  a  few 
score  qusirts  of  ch.impagne,  tlie  Canadians  niarclied 
over  to  Central  Park.  They  didn't  And  nnich  snow 
there,  but  they  did  meet  tlie  biggest  crowd  tliat  had 


greeted  them  yet  as  they  entered  by  the  Seventy - 
second  street  gate  and  tramped  towards  the  Mall, 
with  the  band  playing  inspiring  music  at  their  head. 
The  Park  looked  like  fairyland.  The  snow  was 
softly  draped  on  the  black  and  twisted  bianches  of 
the  trees  and  lay  in  broad  and  unbroken  stretches 
on  the  gently  sloping  lawns.  As  the  files  of  gayly 
clad  men  swung  across  the  fields  of  purest  white 


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the  beauty  oi'  their  coHtiunes  8howe<l  at  its  best. 
Then  the  New  Yorkers  coiiUl  see  what  an  altoj^ether 
delightful  thing  a  snowshoer's  suit  is.  Sh>wly  the 
athletes  filed  across  the  Mall  and  broke  ranks  under 
the  spreading  branches  of  the  leafless  elms.  For  a 
minute  there  was  quiet,  as  half  a  hundred  of  them 
tied  the  buckskins  thongs  of  their  sno^vshoes.  Then 
there  was  a  blast  of  a  cornet,  and  away  they  rushed 
in  a  quarter  of  a  mile  race  on  the  lawn.  The  snow 
was  Kcant  and  powdery,  but  the  experts  flew  over 
it  swiftly.  Back  to  the  starting  point  they  came, 
with  red-cheeked,  black-eyed  Alex.  Eaby  in  the 
van,  his  gold  and  silver  medals  glittering  with  every 
turn  of  his  brawny  body.  He  finished  first,  with 
the  rest  at  his  heels,  and  the  crowd  cheered  wildly. 
It  was  a  sight  to  make  any  one's  pulse  go  faster. 
A  hundred  sleighs  drew  up  on  the  road  near-by 
and  their  owners  watched  the  sport.  They  made  a 
dark,  rich  background  for  the  masses  of  gleaming 
color  among  the  trees.  The  snow  was  too  light, 
though,  for  much  work,  and  after  a  little  while  the 
ranks  re-formed  and  the  visitors  marched  off  to 
Fifty-ninth  street,  where  they  took  the  L  road  down 
to  the  Metropolitan  Hotel  for  dinner. 

After  dinner  the  snowshoers  were  heartily  wel- 
comed by  a  crowd  that  fairly  packed  Stein  way  Hall, 
where  a  reception  in  their  honor  was  held. 

At  eleven  o'clock  the  snowshoers  marched  down 
Broadway  to  the  Metropolitan  Hotel,  where  a  supper 
was  given  in  their  honor  by  the  Oritani  Snowshoe 
Club. 


FA  1 11    MAIlY  OF   GOTHAM    WHO    AUIC    EX- 


PEllTS  ON  SNOWSHOES. 

(From  the  Xow  York  Mail  and  Express,  Jan.  U,  188«.) 

To  be  ail  expert  on  Hnowshoes  is  the  craze  this 
winter  among  the  women  of  this  city  who  have 
the  time  and  wealth  to  iudulf^e  in  out  door  S])ort. 
Owing  to  the  ett'orts  of  the  Oritani  Snowshoe  Club, 
snowshoeing  began  to  be  popular  a  year  ago,  when 
at  the  club's  carnival  here  some  250  blanketed  and 
equipped  Canadian  snowshoers  were  its  guests. 
This  winter  the  club  has  made  notable  additions  to 
its  membership,  among  the  new  members  being  a 
number  of  well-known  women  of  society.  The 
president  of  the  club  is  Mr.  G.  M.  Fairchild,  jr.  He 
is  an  enthusiast  on  the  subject  of  the  sport,  and 
after  the  very  first  fall  of  snow  he  and  Major 
Wakeman  Holberton,  the  club's  secretary,  always 
take  a  tramp  over  the  fields  and  in  the  woods  of 
New  Jersey  on  their  snowshoes. 

"Do  women  like  snowshoeing  I"  was  asked  of 
President  Fairchild. 

''  Do  they  f"  was  the  reply.  *'  My  boy,  evidently 
you  have  never  been  out  with  a  party  of  snowshoers. 
Yes,  women  like  snowshoeing.  They  are  as  enthu- 
siastic over  the  sport  as  men  are.  Many  of  them, 
too,  are  as  expert  in  the  management  of  snow- 
shoes  as  the  men,  and  they  are  good  runners  and 


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jumpers.  Eight  here  in  this  city  you  will  find  many 
women  of  society  who  understand  how  to  w^ear 
snowshoes  and  who  love  the  sport.  This  winter  it 
is  more  popular  here  thati  ever  before.  It  is  a  fallacy 
to  think,  as  many  persons  do,  that  you  must  have 
several  feet  of  snow  in  order  to  enjoy  snowshoeing. 
A  fall  of  snow  of  not  more  than  six  inches  is  suflB- 
cient  for  a  first-rate  snowshoe  tramp.-' 


"  Do  women  ever  take  long  tramps  ?" 
.  "  A  six  to  eight  miles'  walk  is  nothing  to  a  woman 
who  is  accustomed  to  wearing  snowshoes,  and  I 
have  known  them  to  take  tramps  on  snowshoes  of 
fifteen  to  eighteen  miles  and  even  of  twenty-five 
miles.    Why,  in  Canada  thousands  of  women  are 


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expert  snowshoers,  and  it  is  not  at  all  unusual 
for  them  to  accompany  their  husbands  on  caribou 
and  moose  hunting;;  expeditions.  On  these  hunts 
they  are  as  eager  for  the  game  and  as  full  of 
excitement  over  the  sport  as  their  husbands.  I  have 
been  with  ladies  on  hunting  trips  of  this  sort  into 
the  deepest  recesses  of  wild  forests,  and  they  have 
stood  the  tramp  wonderfully  well." 

"  What  is  the  proper  costume  for  a  woman  snow- 
shoer  to  wear  H" 

"  A  blanket  dress  of  bright  colors,  reaching  to 
the  ankles,  zouaves  trousers  and  a  jacket,  both  of 
the  same  goods  as  the  dress,  and  a  tuque  to  match. 
The  most  picturesque  suits  are  those  made  of  white 
blankets  Mith  red  and  blue  borders." 

"Doesn't  the  size  of  snowshoes  vary  consider- 
ably r     ' 

"  The  size  of  the  shoe  varies  according  to  the  uses 
to  which  it  is  put.  For  the  hunters  in  the  bush  the 
shoe  measure  used  to  be  from  four  to  six  feet  in 
length  and  about  twenty  or  twenty-four  inches 
broad.  But  for  the  race  meetings  the  size  has  been 
considerably  reduced  in  width,  although  there  is  no 
limit  to  the  length.  Ten  inches  is  the  regulation 
measurement  of  the  club-racing  shoe,  but  for  a  long 
tramp  through  the  woods  over  soft  snow  this  shoe 
would  be  found  almost  useless.  Most  of  the  i^rivate 
snowshoe  clubs  of  Canada  are  composed  of  ladies 
and  gentlemen,  it  being  an  article  in  the  unwritten 
by-laws  of  many  of  the  clubs  that  no  gentlemen  can 
become  a  member  and  participate  in  the  weekly  or 


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fortnightly  tramps  of  the  chib  unless  he  is  accom- 
panied by  a  lady — wife,  sister,  lady-love  or  friend, 
as  the  case  may  be.  On  tramp  night  these  clubs 
usually  rendezvous  at  the  home  of  one  of  the 
members.  The  party,  numbering  perhaps  twenty 
couples,  is  most  picturesque.  Very  few  of  such 
clubs  have  distinctive  costumes,  each  individual 
member  being  allowed  to  choose  the  dress  most 
pleasing  to  his  or  her  taste.  The  men  usually 
appear  in  ordinary  blanket  costume,  some  white 
with  red  or  blue  strij^es,  the  majority  wearing  tuques 
to  match.  Some  of  the  ladies'  dresses  are  marvels 
of  beauty,  and  set  off  to  perfection  the  graceful 
figures  of  the  wearers. 

STARTING  ON  THE  TEAM 

Partners  having  been  selected  the  tramp  begins, 
the  line  being  led  by  an  experienced  snowshoer  and 
his  partner.  The  procession  moves  along  in  a  merry 
mood,  jokes  being  cracked  at  the  expense  of  the 
novices  in  the  art  of  snowshoeing,  and  friendly 
advice  offered  as  to  how  to  lift  one  shoe  over  the 
other.  The  beginners  have  many  falls.  They  stretch 
out  their  arms  to  save  themselves  and  only  make 
matters  worse,  for  the  arms  sink  their  full  length  in 
the  soft  snow,  and  the  novice  i)resents  a  ludicrous 
figure,  his  legs  flying  in  the  air  and  his  snowshoes 
being  elevated  many  degrees  from  the  beaten  track 
while  his  head  is  buried  in  the  sno  w.  Their  march 
is  often  made  to  stirring  songs,  the  best  singers 
rendering  the  solo  and  all  joining  in  the  choruses. 
One  of  the  favorites  begins  like  this : 


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"  Chilliest  of  skies  above, 

Coldest  of  fields  below, 
Bound  to  the  shore  we  lov^, 

Ever  and  oh  we  go ; 
Far  as  the  eye  can  peer, 

Where  the  goal  of  the  mountain  shines, 
Our  forward  course  we  steer 

Up  to  the  feathered  pines ; 
Tramp,  tramp,  tramp, 
Vive  la  Tuque  Blue !" 

AN  EARLY  CLUB. 

The  oldest  snowshoe  club  iu  the  country,  it  was 
learned  from  Mr.  i^aircliild,  is  the  Montreal  Club. 
They  are  known  as  the  "  Tuques  Bleues."  It  was 
organized  in  1840.  Many  songs  have  been  dedicated 
to  the  Montreal  Club,  but  one  called  "The  Snow- 
shoe  Call "  is  the  favorite.    Here  it  is : 

"  Here's  to  the  slim  snowshoe, 
Its  glory  we  renew, 
\'-:^tii'>r.   ;;  Its  fame  will  live  and  pleasure  give 

To  manly  hearts  and  true. 
May  its  graceful  dipping 
The  fair  and  brave  enthral. 
And  with  it  live  the  echoes  of 
'Miy  Our  mountain  snowshoe  call, 

Tull-lul-lul-li-it-too !" 


CHORUS. 

^'  Hear  the  wild  shout  of  the  snowshoers, 

Tull-lul-lul-li-it-too ! 
Ringing  o'er  mountain  and  valley, 

Tull-lul-lul-li-it-too  I 
Dying  away  in  the  valley. 


:t:: 


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"  Here's  to  the  rousing  song 
We  sing  as  \re  tramp  along, 
Over  the  hills  it  bounds  and  trills 
In  echoes  clear  and  strong. 
If  the  strength  and  glory 
Of  youth  you  would  recall. 
Then  exercise  your  lungs  and  limbs 
On  snowshoes  with  our  call, 
Tull-lul-lul-li-it-too ! 


'•  Here's  to  our  Queen's  command ! 
By  England's  throne  we'll  stand. 
When  time  and  strength  will  make  at  length 
A  nation  of  our  land, 
Never  may  her  standard 
Beneath  another  fall. 
And  ever  loyal  live  the  men 
Who  shout  the  snowshoe  call, 
Tul-lul-lul-li-it-too!" 


The  first  expedition  in  which  white  people  were^ 
known  to  have  taken  part  on  snowshoes  was  in  the 
year  1690,  when  an  armed  force,  consisting  of  some 
200  French  soldiers  and  their  Indian  allies,  marched 
from  Montreal  and  descended  with  such  rapidity 
on  a  Dutch  settlement  at  Schenectady  that  the 
people  were  taken  completely  by  surprise.  Thfr 
long  and  perilous  tramps  made  by  the  officers  and 
employes  of  the  Northwest  and  Hudson  Bay  com- 
panies in  the  performance  of  their  duties  in  Rupert's 
Land  are  part  of  the  history  ot  that  extensive 
region,  and  a  forty  mile  march  in  a  day  was  only 
looked  upon  by  these  men  as  a  fair  day's  travel. 


OFFICERS    FOR   1887-88 


HONORARY  PRESIDENT 

EBASTUS    WIMAN 

PRESIDENT 

GEO.  M.  FAIRCHILD,  Jr 

VICE    PRESIDENT 

J.  E.  LEARNED 

CAPTAIN 

WM.  P.  ELLERY 


VICE   CAPTAIN 

W.  A.  SHOBTT 

SECRETARY  AND  TREASURER 

WAKEMAN    HOLBERTON 

WHIPPERS-IN 

W.  J.  WELDON  and  JAS.  ERASER 


CONSTITUTION 


OF  THE 


mm  mjlB. 


ARTICLE  I. 

This  Club  shall  be  called  the  ORITAKI  SNOW 
SHOU  CLUB. 

ARTICLE  II. 
The  officers  of  this  Club  shall  consist    of  an 
Honorary  President,  a  President,  a  Vice-President, 
a  Secretary,  a  Treasurer,  a  Captain,  a  Vice-Captain! 
and  two  Whippers-in. 

ARTICLE  III. 

The  officers  shall  be  elected  by  ballot,  at  the  an- 
nual meeting  to  be  held  the  last  week  in  N-ovember 
and  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  or  until  their  suc- 
cessors are  elected. 

ARTICLE  IV. 
Persons  becoming  members  of  this  Club  shall 
pay  an  initiation  fee  of  five  doUars,  and  one  dollar 


A 


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auiuial  dues,  payable  in  advance.  The  fiscal  year 
to  date  from  the  date  of  the  annual  meeting  in  No- 
vember. 

ARTICLE   V. 

Section  1. — Persons  wishing  to  join  this  Club 
must  be  proposed  by  a  member,  and  seconded  by 
another  member  thereof,  both  of  whom  must  be 
personally  acquainted  with  the  proposed  member ; 
one  of  whom,  at  least,  must  vouch  for  his  standing 
and  character  as  a  gentleman ;  and  such  proposi- 
tion must  be  in  writing,  giving  the  name,  residence 
and  occupation  of  the  person  proposed.  The  elec- 
tion to  membership  shall  be  by  ballot,  and  if  not 
more  than  three  votes  are  cast  against  the  person 
proposed,  he  shall  be  declared  elected ;  but,  if  more 
than  three  appear  against  him,  he  shall  be  declared 
rejected. 

Section  2. — The  number  of  active  members  shall 
be  limited  to  fifty. 

ARTICLE  YI. 

Section  1. — Persons  may  be  proposed  as  honorary 
members  of  the  Club,  and  elected  in  the  same 
manner  as  prescribed  in  the  last  article  j  and 
honorary  members  so  elected  shall  not  be  entitled 
to  vote  or  fill  any  office  in  the  Club. 

Section  2. — ^Wives,  daughters  and  sisters  of  mem- 
bers of  this  Club  shall  be  eligible  to  honorary  mem- 
bership of  this  Club. 


V    ,!, 


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ARTICLE    VII. 

In  case  a  member  shall  neglect  to  pay  his  dues 
for  a  period  of  six  months  after  notice  gi?en  by  the 
Secretary,  he  sh.all,  ipsofavto^  cease  to  be  a  member 
of  this  Club. 

ARTICLE   VIII. 

Any  member  may  be  expelled  from  this  Club  by 
a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  present  at  a  meet- 
ing called  for  that  purpose,  at 'which  meeting  the 
accused  member  may  be  heard  in  his  own  defence. 

ARTICLE  IX. 
Section  1. — Meetings  may  be  called  by  the  Presi- 
dent or  Vice-President,  whenever  he  shall  deem  it 
necessary,  or  at  the  request  of  five  members  through 
the  Secretary. 

Section  2. — At  any  meeting  of  this  Club,  five  ac- 
tive members  shall  constitute  a  quorum  to  transact 
any  business  brought  before  them. 

ARTICLE   X. 

.  This  Constitution  or  part  thereof,  can  only  be 
altered  or  amended  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the 
members  present,  at  a  meeting  held  after  the  one 
to  which  such  alteration  was  proposed.  In  calling 
said  meeting,  the  secretary  must  notify  the  mem- 
bers of  the  specific  object  thereof. 

ARTICLE  XI. 
On  all  snow  shoe  tramps,  the  Captain  of  the 
Club  shall  have  full  charge  and  control  of  the  mem- 
bers present. 


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ARTICLE   XII. 

ORDER   OF  BUSINESS. 

1.  Reading  the  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting. 

2.  Reading  communications. 

3.  Reports  of  Committees. 

4.  Rejjorts  of  officers. 

6.  Proposals  for  membership. 
0.  Election  of  members. 

7.  Miscellaneous  business. 


ACTIVE     MRMBEUS. 
RALCH  H.  fl.,  ItONasHau  St.,  City. 
lilNGLKY  W.  J.,  3;->l  West  IJth  .St.,  City. 
HITRCIIAUD  K.  n.,  24  West  40th  St.,  City. 
J3UKT  H.  I).,  10  and  88  Franklin  St.,  City. 

CALLISKN  ADOLJ'H  W.,  .hi.,  131  West  43.1  St.,  City. 

CASSAKI)  WM.  J.,  139  West  70th  St.,  City. 

CUM  MINGS  I)H.  R.  B.,  Ciinadiau  Club,  City. 

ELLEKY  WM.  P.,  Ilackcnsack,  N.  J. 

ELLISON  WM.  B.,  229  Broadway,  City. 

FAIKCHILD,  J«.,  GEO.  M.,  Hackeiisack,  N.  J. 

FAIKCIIILp,  Sii.,  G.  M.,  503  Broadway,  City. 

FAULEE  G.  R.,  127  West  45th  St.,  City. 

FARLEE  R.  D.,  7  Nassau  St.,  City. 

FARLEY  PHILIP,  41  Worth  St.,  City. 

FERGUSON  Dh.  FRANK,  35  East  23d  St.,  City. 

ERASER  JAMES,  115  Worth  St.,  City. 

GILDERSLEEVE  Judge  H.  A.,  32  Chamber  St.,  City. 

GILL  CHAS.  E.,  229  Broadway,  City. 

GRIFFITH  W.  H.,  Canadian  Club,  City. 
HOLBERTON  WAKEMAN,  Hackensack,  N.  J. 
HOLMQUIST  F.  L.,  41  Worth  St.,  City. 
LAWRENCE  ROBT.  B.,  Flushing,  L.  I. 
LEARNED  J.  E.,  121  West  7l8t  St.,  City. 
LINN  WM.  A.,  Hackensack,  N.  J., 
Mc ADAMS  JOHN,  51  Elm  St.,  City. 
PRYOR  JAMES  W.,  58  William  St.,  City. 
RECHENBERG  C.  J.  S.,  261  Pearl  St.,  City. 


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REYNOLDS  CITA8.  «.,  31)  Park  Itow,  City. 

SCHOFF  A.  H.,  41  Worth  St.,  City. 

SHOUT  WM.  A.,  128  West  63d  St.,  City. 

WALLACE  JACKSON,  102  Broadway,  City. 

WEBB  WM.  E.,  340  Broadway,  City. 

WELDON  WM.  J.,  160  Broadway,  City.  '         ' 

WELLING  R.  W.  G.,  2  Wall  St.,  City. 

WELLS  Pkof.  J.  S.  C,  Hackeusack,  N.  J. 

WILFORD  WALTER  H.,  care  Tittany  &  Co.,  Uuiou  Sci.,  CUy 

WILLIA^IS  E.  E.,  313  West  83d  St.,  City. 


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LADY     MEMBERS. 

Mh8.  fJKO.  M.  FAIIiCHII.D.  .hi. 
Mus.  WAKEMAN  HOLBKKTON. 
Mhs.  V.  H.  LEAKNEI). 
MiHs  II.  L.  WILLIAMS. 
M18H  M.  B.  WILLIAMS. 


IIONOKARY    MKMIiEKS. 

KRASTUS  WIMAN,  Statcn  I«Ia,»l,  N.  Y. 

J.  U.  GKEGORY,  Quebec,  Canada. 

JOHN  VAN  BUSWKK,  Itouse's  P»»int,  N.  Y. 

NOKMAN  K.  NEILSON,  Three  Rivers,  Canada. 

A.  DORION,  Le  Vanadieu  Snow  8hoe  Club,  Montreal,  Canada, 

S.  KEAUDIN,  Le  GuModio,,  S.  S.  Club,  Montreal,  Canada. 

C.  V.  LAPIERRE,  U  Camdien  S.  S.  Club,  Montreal,  Canada, 

All  officers  of  Le  Canadien  Snow  Slioe  Club,  Montreal,  Canada 

Hon.  H.  BEAUGRAND,  e?c-Mayor,  Montreal,  Canada. 

Hon.  F.  R.  THIBAUDEAU,  Montreal,  Caaiada. 

L.  O.  DAVID,  Montreal,  Canada. 

F.  M.  FORTIER,  Montreal,  Canada. 

A.  NOEL,  Montreal,  Canada. 

All  officers  of  Le  Trappeur  Snow  Shoe  Club,  Montreal,  Canada. 

All  officers  of  Aurma  Snow  Shoe  Club,  Quebec,  Canada. 


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on  IT  AM  SNOW  SHOE  SOXG. 
WoKPH  BY  G.  M.  Faikciiilu,  Jr. 

Clickety  flick  our  snow-shoes  say,  ,    , 

And  over  the  hills  and  f  ir  away 

"W'e  leave  dull  care  for  another  day, 

And  quickly  and  joyously  take  our  way.   ^  \, 

Through  the  woods  with  their  mantle  cVeep, . 

Th'ough  the  swnnijjs  in  their  winter's  sleep, 
In  single  file,  with  cheeks  aglow, 
We  le!i%'e  our  trail  in  the  sparkling  snow. 

Chorus — Clickety  click  our  snow-shoes  ^a-y 

Our  rendez-vons  no  wayside  inn, 
At  our  camp-fire  our  yarns  we  spin  ; 
Amidst  its  glow  take  our  small  sup. 
Put  on  our  shoes,  our  time  is  up 

CiiouuH — Clickety  click  our  suow-shoes  say 

Tramp  ended,  each  puts  out  his  light 
Vntil  next  meet.     We  hid  you  a  good  night. 
Kind  fate  we  hope  will  soon  grant  our  desire. 
Again  to  meet  beside  the  bright  camp-tire. 

CnORCS — Clickety  click  our  suow-shoes  say. 


n^^'wtt/A  OSTr;!'' 


